ALCOAST 293/11 COMDTNOTE 12451 SUBJ: 2010 COAST GUARD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR (CEOY) AND NON-APPROPRIATED

FUND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR (NAF EOY) AWARD SELECTIONS 1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MR. JOHN BURCHFIELD AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 CEOY AWARD, AND MS. MIRIAM LOPEZ AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 NAF EOY AWARD. 2. MR. BURCHFIELD, AS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OFFICER AT SECTOR DETROIT, MICHIGAN, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE PERSONNEL (SPANNING ACROSS 9 MULTI-MISSION STATIONS, MARINE SAFETY UNIT TOLEDO AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION TEAM DETROIT AS WELL AS THE SECTOR STAFF). THROUGH HIS EFFORTS ALONE, MR. BURCHFIELD SEAMLESSLY ADMINISTERED OVER 180 END OF COURSE TESTS AND SIX SERVICE WIDE EXAMS. IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MEN AND WOMEN HE SUPPORTS, THE TESTS HE ADMINISTERS, AND THE PRESSURES THE CREWS FACE, HE ROUTINELY COORDINATED WITH EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SPENT TIME WITH THEM AT THE SECTOR. MR. BURCHFIELD ALSO CONTRIBUTED TIME AND EFFORT TO MORALE AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, AND IS AN ACTIVE AUXILIARIST. 3. MS. LOPEZ, AS PROCUREMENT CLERK AT COAST GUARD AIR STATION BORINQUEN, PUERTO RICO, SERVED AS THE MORALE, WELL-BEING AND RECREATION (MWR) DEPARTMENTS SOLE PROCUREMENT CLERK. SHE PROVIDED PROCUREMENT INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS 11 WIDE-RANGING MORALE ACTIVITIES, ROUTINELY PROCESSING OVER 500 PROCUREMENTS PER MONTH. SHE WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING OVER 343,243 DOLLARS OF NON-APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND NEARLY 56,000 DOLLARS OF APPROPRIATED FUND TRANSACTIONS. SINCE SEPTEMBER 2010, MS. LOPEZ HAS BALANCED CRITICAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE ALSO KEEPING THE MWR DEPARTMENTS 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET ON TRACK. ADDITIONALLY, SHE COMPLETED ACCOUNT RECONCILIATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED FINANCIAL SERVICES PAPERWORK TO INCLUDE PAYROLL FOR OVER 65 NAF PERSONNEL. 4. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE EMPLOYEES FOR A JOB WELL DONE. 5. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE OTHER CEOY AND NAF EOY NOMINEES AND, ALSO, TO THEIR COMMANDS FOR SUBMITTING THE NOMINATIONS FOR THESE TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS. THE NOMINEES NAMES ARE LISTED BELOW: A. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES LYNNE ARMSTRONG, FIRST COAST GUARD DISTRICT DEBRA ANNAM, CG SECTOR JACKSONVILLE RICHARD CARLSON, CG SECTOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND JOHN GIEL, TRAINING CENTER CAPE MAY CAROL GILBERT, DEPLOYABLE OPERATIONS GROUP JALISE HALL, ATLANTIC AREA KENNETH HORN, BASE SUPPORT UNIT KETCHIKAN, AK YDANIA MATOS, SECTOR NEW YORK KEVIN MCGEE, SEVENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT PAMELA MCNEELY, MARINE SAFETY UNIT MORGAN CITY JEFF REESE, SECTOR/AIR STATION NORTH BEND SALVADOR TINAJERO, FOURTEENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT B. NON-APPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES TERESA ALLGEIER, ST. PETERSBURG, FL EXCHANGE KATHERINE LAMERSON, SEATTLE, WA EXCHANGE FELIX SOTO, BORINQUEN, PR EXCHANGE VERONICA NAKA WHITEHEAD, MWR, ALAMEDA, CA 6. THE CEOY AND NAF EOY RECOGNITION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT CG HEADQUARTERS ON 21 JUNE 2011 AT 1000. LOGISTICAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED SEPARATELY. 7. MR. CURTIS B. ODOM, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SENDS.

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